Fort Lawton, Double Non-Commissioned Officers Quarters, Discovery Park, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: One of two original double NCO Quarters, this duplex is identical in plan to #905. Completed December 30, 1899, from QMGO Plan No. 82-B. Original cost: $3,218. Two and one-half story and basement frame structure with sandstone and brick foundation. Dimensions of original: 38' x 27', kitchen wings: 10' x 38'. Lapped cedar siding. Simple gabled roof clad with asphalt shingles replacing original slate. Decorative brackets at cornice. Six-over-six light, double-hung sash. Full-width front porch with columns, pipe railings, and roll roofing. Interior is a mirror image duplex. Built-in dining room sideboard, panelled doors and staircase intact. Open rear porches enclosed and converted to kitchens in 1937. (Original exterior window opening and frame between dining room and kitchen remains intact.) Maple flooring downstairs, vinyl tile on second floor and attic (date uncertain). Bathrooms updated. Coal stove heating now replaced by hot water boiler, 1961. Electricity replaced mineral oil lamps ca. 1908. Louvered shutters removed (date uncertain).
Survey number: HABS WA-150-I
Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1937 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work